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See also: Ýr, уг, үг, and -ýř

English

Etymology 1

Noun

yr (plural yrs)

  2. Abbreviation of year.
    Alternative forms: y, a (“annum”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

yr

  1. Abbreviation of your.
    • 1985 December 7, “Albert in NYC (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 21, page 13:
      Got yr card. Problem is: don't have yr address! Wd love to see you. Write w/number! xo Jeremy.
    • 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 136:
      On her street he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and typed: On yr St. U free? The answer came back: Door open.

Etymology 3

Contraction

yr

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of you +‎ are.

Etymology 4

Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.

Pronunciation

  • (learned, academic) IPA(key): /yːr/

Noun

yr

  1. A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ir (compare Welsh ir), from Proto-Celtic *ɸūros, from Proto-Indo-European *puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean, pure”). Compare Irish úr.

Pronunciation

Noun

yr

  1. fresh

References

  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 194
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Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian

it
r		 wmw

(jtrw, “river”).

Pronunciation

Noun

N36-N23⁠Z1⁠mw⁠r⁠y m

  1. river, canal

Alternative forms

  • N36-N23⁠mw⁠r⁠ꜥ⁠y (yꜥr)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ (ior)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor)

References

  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954), Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 50
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎, volume Y (01.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 11

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

Etymology 1

From yre (“to drizzle”). Cognate to Swedish yr.

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

  1. (weather, rain) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (“to swarm, teem”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra or yrene)

  1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (masculine and feminine yr, neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrere, indefinite superlative yrest, definite superlative yreste)

  1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

  • “yr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “yr” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/, [yːɾ], [yːʁ]

Etymology 1

From yre (“to drizzle”). Cognate to Swedish yr.

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

  1. (weather) drizzle

Etymology 2

From yre (“to swarm, teem”).

Noun

yr n (definite singular yret, indefinite plural yr, definite plural yra)

  1. a myriad, swarm

Etymology 3

Unknown

Adjective

yr (neuter yrt, definite singular and plural yre, comparative yrare, indefinite superlative yrast, definite superlative yraste)

  1. cheerful, jolly, merry

References

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Old English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Norse ýr (“yew, a bow, the runic letter ᛦ”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ȳr m

  1. the runic letter ᚣ (/y/)

Portuguese

Verb

yr (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle ydo)

  1. obsolete spelling of ir

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -yːr

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish ø̄r, yr, from Old Norse ǿrr.

Adjective

yr

  1. dizzy
    Synonym: snurrig
    yr i huvudet ― dizzy (literally, “dizzy in the head”)
    yr i mössan (colloquial) ― dizzy (literally, “dizzy in the hat”)
  2. lively, jolly, skittish
    Synonym: livlig
Inflection
More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms
  • yra (“to be delirious”)
  • yrsel (“dizziness”)
  • yrvaken (“half-awake”)
Further reading
  • yr in Svensk ordbok.
  • yr in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Etymology 2

Verb

yr

  1. present indicative of yra
  2. imperative of yra

Etymology 3

From yra and ur with related senses. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål yr, Norwegian Nynorsk yr.

Noun

yr n

  2. alternative form of ur
  3. alternative form of yra
  4. swirling dust or substance
  5. water splash drizzle, spray
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • sandyr, variant of sandyra (“sand's whirling; sand drift; sand drifting with the wind”)
  • snöyr (“snowstorm, snowfall, flurry”)
  • yrsnö (“swirling snow”)
  • yrväder (“annoying precipitation”)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Article

yr

  1. alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)

Particle

yr

  1. alternative form of y (used before a word starting with a vowel or h)

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